Great Thrush
Turdus fuscaterd'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837
English (US) Great Thrush
The Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Turdus fuscater
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Thrush
- Described by
- d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Turdus fuscater cacozelus
- Turdus fuscater clarus
- Turdus fuscater quindio
- Turdus fuscater gigas
- Turdus fuscater gigantodes
- Turdus fuscater ockendeni
- Turdus fuscater fuscater
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus Fuscater
- Described by
- d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837
- Type locality
- in Andibus (Bolivia) ; type from La Paz, vide Hellmayr, 1934, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 7, p. 415.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 p.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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